r/NewcastleUponTyne • u/No_Locksmith_7310 • 6d ago

New poster Moved to Cowgate

My girlfriend is from Cowgate and I moved up here last month from the West Country. Saw a lot of bad stuff about it online, but I've found it quite a friendly place in the day and pretty quiet at night. Is this really one of the worst areas of the city? The council estates back home are a lot worse...

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u/obliviousfoxy Heaton 5d ago

Cowgate is not really very nice, but I wouldn’t say it’s like scary or dangerous. I’ve been through there many many times before and visited people there before, I’ve never really felt that unsafe there, I’d be lying if I said I was not a little bit more cautious than usual in some parts of Cowgate, but for the most part, as with everywhere, if you keep to yourself, you are much less likely to be in the firing line. most crime in general is not random, most people know the person they’re victimising.

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u/obliviousfoxy Heaton 5d ago

put it this way though, Cowgate is not by any means one of the first places I would consider to move to, but it wouldn’t really be the end of the world to me if I had to live there.

my friend lives in Daisy Hill, and despite its reputation, where she lives is extremely friendly and they love their home and have no problems.

if you lived in this sub, you would think that Fenham is like the worst place in the world that you could end up, but Fenham is a really popular place to live and loads of people want to live there, I personally wouldn’t have any problem at all living in Fenham.